Deputy Finance Business Partner - Children & Young People

Part Qualified - £52,805 - £58,139 + £706 LWA

Qualified - £59,197 - £64,578 + £706 LWA

We are delighted to be partnering exclusively with Bracknell Forest Council to recruit the following Deputy Finance Business Partner as part of the Council's strategic finance team.

The role

As the Deputy Finance Business Partner in the Children's and Young Persons directorate you will be responsible for providing financial insight, analysis and advice to the Education and Learning, Children's Social Care and Early Help services within the People Directorate, including in budget preparation, monitoring and the final accounts process. You will play a lead role in developing and implementing local funding formula for schools by preparing reports for the Bracknell Forest Schools Forum with the Assistant Director: Education and Learning on mainstream and special school funding issues, including allocation of the Dedicated Schools Grant.

You will also work closely with Strategic Business Partner (People Directorate), Executive Director: People, Assistant Directors and budget holders within the People directorate to provide supportive, challenging financial and decision-making advice, driving efficiency, accountability and commercial thinking.

Bracknell Forest Council operates a very flexible working policy. The role requires you to be in the office 1 to 2 days a week and also be able to travel to Bracknell for meetings in the office as and when required. The office is in Time Square in Bracknell, with great transport links and easy access to the regenerated town centre.

About you

You will be a CCAB qualified Accountant or studier who is able to demonstrate experience and technical knowledge in Education Finance from a local authority perspective. You will also need to demonstrate experience of interpreting, implementing and ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory financial guidance.

As a team leader you will ideally have previous experience in managing a team as well as experience in business partnering, supporting complex service delivery with expert technical knowledge and experience and the ability to analyse, interpret and explain information to non-finance experts.

Benefits include

Annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years' service
Local government pension scheme
Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).
Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees' work-life balance.
An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees' health and wellbeing.
Staff dental and health plans.
Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

For further information about the role or to request a copy of the full job description please contact Joanne Patel at Morgan Law on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Please note Morgan Law are managing this campaign on behalf of Bracknell Forest Council and any CVs sent directly to the council will not be considered.

We can also only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.

Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, Bracknell Forest Council cannot guarantee sponsorship for all its roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis